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pusillanimity


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pusillanimity  \Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty\,  n.  [L.  pusillanimitas:  cf 
  F.  pusillanimit['e].] 
  The  quality  of  being  pusillanimous;  weakness  of  spirit; 
  cowardliness. 
 
  The  badge  of  pusillanimity  and  cowardice.  --Shak. 
 
  It  is  obvious  to  distinguished  between  an  act  of  .  .  . 
  pusillanimity  and  an  act  of  great  modesty  or  humility. 
  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Cowardliness;  cowardice;  fear;  timidity. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pusillanimity 
  n  :  contemptible  fearfulness  [syn:  {pusillanimousness}] 




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